no cd* devices appear in /dev [was Re: device atapicam not enabled in GENERIC kernel for FreeBSD 6.0-RELEASE]

[David J Brooks]

On Monday 06 March 2006 14:11, Duane Whitty wrote:
> > On Monday March 6 2006 16:09
> > David J Brooks <daeg at houston.rr.com>
> >wrote
> >
> > This reminds me to ask: I have
> > ATAPICAM enable in my kernal,
> > specifically so that k3b can find my
> > dvd+rw ... but no cd* devives appear
> > in /dev, and k3b cannot find anything
> > no matter where I tell it to look ..
> > I must be overlooking something, but
> > what?
>
> Hi,
>
> look at man 4 atapicam.  The examples
> section lists the other devices you
> need configured in the kernel.
>
> Hope this helps,
>
> --Duane

Thanks. That and the 'make showinfo' in sysutils/k3b that I somehow missed the 
first trip 'round have it all working smoothly.

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